Graco MAGNUM 261800 - Manual (Page 12)

Getting Started
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Priming and Flushing Storage Fluid (Direct
Immersion Method)
Before you use your sprayer for the first time or
begin a new spraying project, you need to prime
the sprayer and flush the storage fluid out of the
sprayer.
Oil- or Water-based Materials
1. Verify AllControl is set to OFF
and sprayer is unplugged.
2. Place prime tube in waste
pail.
3. Submerge suction tube in
flushing solvent.
4. Plug sprayer in grounded
outlet.
5. Set AllControl
™
to
PRIME/CLEAN PUMP.
6. When sprayer starts pumping,
flushing solvent and air bubbles will be purged
from system. Allow fluid to pump out of prime
tube, into waste pail, for 30 to 60 seconds.
7. Turn AllControl to OFF.
8. Transfer suction tube to paint pail and
submerge in paint.
9. Turn AllControl to
PRIME/CLEAN PUMP.
10. When paint is pumping out of prime tube:
a. point gun into waste pail.
b. unlock gun trigger lock.
c. pull and hold gun trigger.
• When spraying water-based materials,
flush the system thoroughly with water.
• When spraying oil-based materials, flush
the system thoroughly with mineral spirits
or compatible, oil-based flushing solvent.
• To spray water-based materials after
spraying oil-based materials, flush the
system thoroughly with water first. The
water flowing out of prime tube should be
clear and solvent-free before you begin
spraying the water-based material.
• To spray oil-based materials after
spraying water-based materials, flush the
system thoroughly with mineral spirits or a
compatible oil-based flushing solvent first.
The solvent flowing out of the prime tube
should not contain any water.
• When flushing with solvents, ground gun.
Read Grounding and Electric
Requirements, page 4.
• To avoid fluid splashing back on your skin
or into your eyes, always aim gun at inside
wall of pail.
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